Definition:Polar of Point/Ellipse/Pole

Definition

Let $\EE$ be an ellipse embedded in the plane.

Let $P$ be an arbitrary point in the plane.

Let $\LL$ be the polar of $P$ with respect to $\EE$.

Then $P$ is known as the pole of $\LL$.

Also see

• Definition:Polar of Point wrt Ellipse

• Results about polars of points can be found here.